{"id":71944,"date":"2019-10-01T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-blue-shield-of-california-brings-more-benefits-and-cutting-edge-technologies-to-medicare-advantage-members-expands-geographic-footprint-in-northern-california\/"},"modified":"2019-10-01T16:36:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T20:36:01","slug":"blue-shield-of-california-ofrece-mas-beneficios-y-tecnologia-de-vanguardia-a-los-miembros-de-medicare-advantage-y-expande-su-presencia-geografica-en-el-norte-de-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/blue-shield-of-california-ofrece-mas-beneficios-y-tecnologia-de-vanguardia-a-los-miembros-de-medicare-advantage-y-expande-su-presencia-geografica-en-el-norte-de-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Shield of California Brings More Benefits and Cutting-Edge Technologies to Medicare Advantage Members; Expands Geographic Footprint in Northern California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen3{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: RIGHT; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbt0{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt\n}\n.prnsbr0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n.prnsbl0{\nBORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prnsbb0{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:0pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 1, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> announced that its Medicare Advantage members will be eligible for new benefits and services to help them improve their health, as well as an expansion to serve Medicare beneficiaries in the full counties of <span class=\"xn-location\">Alameda<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Mateo<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg29f3left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg29f3left\" title=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blue Shield of California Logo\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The mission of our nonprofit health plan is to bring affordable and quality health care to as many Californians as possible,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Krista Bowers<\/span>, General Manager of Senior Markets, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. &#8220;As more of the baby boomer generation ages into Medicare, offering more benefits and services has become a priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blue Shield&#8217;s Medicare Advantage plans offer services such as coverage for hearing aids, routine vision services including exams and eyewear as well as the SilverSneakers<sup>\u00ae <\/sup><b>Fitness Program<\/b>. Benefits vary by plans and service areas.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Shield is also providing its Medicare Advantage members access to Wellvolution<sup>SM<\/sup>, a best-in-class and largest in the industry network of clinically proven health-management and wellness resources that use lifestyle to prevent, treat and even reverse disease. The platform \u2013 previously only available to Blue Shield&#8217;s commercial health plan members \u2013 will be available to Blue Shield&#8217;s Medicare Advantage plan members as of <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 1, 2020<\/span>. Wellvolution helps address:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Sleep quality <\/li>\n<li>Stress management <\/li>\n<li>Physical activity <\/li>\n<li>Diet and nutrition <\/li>\n<li>Tobacco cessation <\/li>\n<li>Cardio-metabolic disease prevention (e.g. diabetes, heart disease, etc.) <\/li>\n<li>Chronic condition reversal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blue Shield will be offering Medicare Advantage PPO and HMO plans in <span class=\"xn-location\">Alameda County<\/span> and a Medicare Advantage HMO plan in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Mateo County<\/span>. It will also expand its Medicare Advantage HMO service area to serve all of <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento County<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the expansion into additional geographic regions, Blue Shield has added Brown &amp; Toland (<span class=\"xn-location\">San Mateo<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Alameda<\/span> counties) and Sutter Health (<span class=\"xn-location\">San Mateo County<\/span>) to its Medicare Advantage provider network.<\/p>\n<p>Medicare&#8217;s Annual Election Period is <span class=\"xn-chron\">October 15, 2019<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-chron\">December 7, 2019<\/span>. For more information about Blue Shield&#8217;s Medicare plan offerings, please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2598137-1&amp;h=4032421695&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fblueshieldcamedicare.com%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fblueshieldcamedicare.com%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/blueshieldcamedicare.com\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><b>About Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/b> <br \/>Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> strives to create a health care system worthy of our family and friends that is sustainably affordable. We are a nonprofit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with 6,800 employees, more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$20 billion<\/span> in annual revenue and 4.3 million members. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and its affiliates provide\u00a0health, dental, vision, Medi-Cal and Medicare health care service plans in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. The company has contributed more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$500 million<\/span> to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have a positive impact on <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> communities.<\/p>\n<p>For more news about Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, please visit our News Center at\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2598137-1&amp;h=692815819&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.blueshieldca.com%2F&amp;a=www.news.blueshieldca.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.news.blueshieldca.com<\/a>.\u00a0Or follow us on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2598137-1&amp;h=3396253002&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fblue-shield-of-california%2F&amp;a=LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2598137-1&amp;h=634136466&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FBlueShieldCA&amp;a=Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2598137-1&amp;h=2848769946&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBlueShieldCA%2F&amp;a=Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTableb185\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnsbt0 prnsbr0 prnbcc prnsbb0 prnsbl0\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">CONTACT: <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Carol Thornton<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Blue Shield of California<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">415-229-5359<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:media@blueshieldca.com\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">media@blueshieldca.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Logo\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2598137-1&amp;h=2534423178&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F810201%2Fblue_jpg_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F810201%2Fblue_jpg_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/810201\/blue_jpg_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 1, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Blue Shield of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> announced that its Medicare Advantage members will be eligible for new benefits and services to help them improve their health, as well as an expansion to serve Medicare beneficiaries in the full counties of <span class=\"xn-location\">Alameda<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Mateo<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg29f3left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}